Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q)President Senator Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and senior leader and Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi have said that following the principles of unity, faith and discipline of founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the entire nation should be united like a rock to meet the challenges confronting Pakistan.
On the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, the PML-Q leaders said that grave internal and external threats are posed to security and solidarity of Pakistan today and for pulling the motherland out of those threats in the light of teachings of Islam and the Quaid-e-Azam besides tolerance and respect, we will have to give preference to national interests over personal, party and political interests. They called for forging unity and reconciliation by defending national security and solidarity at all cost apart from making effective and result-oriented efforts for progress and development of Pakistan and prosperity of the common man so that dream of the Quaid-e-Azam and our elders of an Islamic welfare state can be realized. We should be ready to offer any sacrifice for achieving this great objective, they said. Moreover, the PML-Q leaders have felicitated Christian brethren on the auspicious occasion of Christmas and said that PML will always be sharing moments of happiness and sorrow with Christians.
They said their party celebrates all religious festivities of followers of all religions living in Pakistan at party level in which the leaders as well as workers actively participate. They said that in the light of teachings of Islam and Father of the Nation Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, we have always made all possible effort to defend rights and interests of the Christian community and other minorities and taken effective and result-oriented measures for ensuring respectable status for them in the society.
They further said the PML believes in mutual and religious harmony and will continue efforts for their promotion. We have taken a number of great steps of historical importance during its tenure for the minorities including right of dual vote for the minorities, doubling of their quota in jobs and provision of substantial development funds, they said. They said the PML in future will also continue efforts for solution of their problems and accepting their demands which also include increasing minorities' representation in the Senate and the assemblies.